Scriptwriter, playwright, film and theatre director, and author. Born Laurence Cohen and also wrote as Lesser Columbus. Born Hull, or Newcastle-upon-Tyne (sources differ). Died Hampstead. Married to Helene Eugenie Alexandra Gingold.
He operated as an impresario when he created the Fortune Theatre and wrote the opening play, Sinners!
hold this unflattering portrait of Cowen and his dog Nanki Woo.
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Laurence Cowen
The dates on the plaque indicate the anticipated period of construction, but ...
Actor and theatre manager. Born Bernard James Miles at 1 Poplar Terrace, New Road, Hillingdon. He started acting in the 1930s appearing in many of the patriotic films of WW2, and specialising in pe...
A subdivision of the former General Post Office, (The equivalent of the modern British Telecom/Post Office/Royal Mail). Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce documentary films mainly re...
Actor. Born Peter Wilton Cushing in Kenley, Surrey. After playing small roles on stage, he went to America where he performed in several films, including one with Laurel and Hardy. Returning to Bri...
Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA
Theatre manager and film cameraman. Born in Roydon, Essex. Details of his life are sketchy, but he is supposed to have managed a theatre in Northampton before taking over the newly built Brixton Th...
Actor and wild-life campaigner. Â Born Marylebone. Â Briefly married to actor Denholm Elliott, then to actor Bill Travers 1957 until his death in 1994. Â Played Violette Szabo, in the 1958 film 'Carve...
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